Have you ever wanted to . . .
Bottle your own soda? Press your own tofu? Smoke your own cheese? Boil your own bagels? Ferment your own miso? Can your own tomatoes? Roast your own coffee?
Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It walks you through a slew of satisfying culinary projects to stock your larder and shower your friends with artisan foods and drinks, kitchen staples, and utterly addictive snacks. Karen Solomon—veteran food writer, kitchen explorer, and author of Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It—brings forth a new collection of 75-plus recipes for condiments (Plum Catsup), cereals (Cornflakes), crunchy snacks (Tortilla Chips), beverages (Soy Milk), and more. Whether you’re a beginning or seasoned home cook, you’ll be inspired to pump up the power of your pantry.

With detailed instruction on essential techniques, time commitments for each project (from 20 minutes to 2 hours to a weekend), and labeling and wrapping tips, Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It will help you get creative in the kitchen. So leave the grocery aisle’s mass-produced packaging and mystery ingredients behind and join the urban homesteading revolution as you whip up a bevy of jars, bottles, and bags full of outstanding hand-labeled eats.

A design inspired by the classic American zinc cap, but enhanced with the practicality of BPA-free recyclable plastic. With reCAP, you can easily shake, pour and store right from your mason jars!

Fits regular mouth jars

Spill-proof

BPA free

Made in USA

Unlike other mason jar lids you may have seen on the market, this one does not leak!

Generally we try to avoid plastic but since this is BPA free, made in America, leak-proof and likely to help you get more mileage out of your canning jars, we feel like it’s totally worth adding to your collection.

You can also buy the full DIY fermenting set here for a small discount.

]]>http://www.farmcurious.com/recap-mason-jar-pour-cap/feed/0The Beginner’s Guide To Preserving Food At Home by Janet Chadwickhttp://www.farmcurious.com/the-beginners-guide-to-preserving-food-at-home-by-janet-chadwick/
http://www.farmcurious.com/the-beginners-guide-to-preserving-food-at-home-by-janet-chadwick/#commentsFri, 11 Nov 2011 04:53:48 +0000http://www.farmcurious.com/?p=5162more]]>A wonderful thing is happening in home kitchens. People are rediscovering the joys of locally produced foods and reducing the amount of the grocery budget that’s spent on packaged items, out-of-season produce, and heavily processed foods. But fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables don’t stay fresh and delicious forever – they must be eaten now . . . or preserved for later.

For all the vegetable gardeners facing baskets overflowing with bright tomatoes, and for all the dedicated farmers’ market fans and CSA members, The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Food at Home has the simple solutions that turn overwhelming bounty into neatly canned tomatoes, jars of jams and jellies, and crispy-tart relishes and pickles.

Organized in a friendly, food-by-food format, readers will find freezing, drying, canning, and storing instructions for each vegetable, fruit, and herb. In many cases, several ways to freeze or can a food are described, and there are often other preserving suggestions as well, such as making juice or fruit leather.

Everything is written with busy people in mind: these are the quickest, most efficient methods for preserving summer’s bounty. Up-to-date information and clear, step-by-step instructions show even absolute beginners the way to a fully stocked pantry. Paperback.

]]>http://www.farmcurious.com/the-beginners-guide-to-preserving-food-at-home-by-janet-chadwick/feed/0Apple Tool – Peels, slices and cores in one motion!http://www.farmcurious.com/apple-tool-peels-slices-and-cores-in-one-motion/
http://www.farmcurious.com/apple-tool-peels-slices-and-cores-in-one-motion/#commentsTue, 20 Sep 2011 00:09:35 +0000http://www.farmcurious.com/?p=2760more]]>This is one of those kitchen gadgets you really truly need if you get into Fall apple mania like I do. With a turn of the lever, it peels, slices and cores the apple all at once. Just like with the cherry pitter, everyone will want to help when they see how fun this gadget is.

You can also adjust this tool so that it doesn’t slice the apples or peel the apples in case you prefer to preserve your apples whole or unpeeled. It even self adjusts for size so you can prepare many different sizes of apples in one fell swoop.

Buy this – you’ll thank me.

]]>http://www.farmcurious.com/apple-tool-peels-slices-and-cores-in-one-motion/feed/0Put ‘em Up – A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guidehttp://www.farmcurious.com/put-em-up-a-comprehensive-home-preserving-guide/
http://www.farmcurious.com/put-em-up-a-comprehensive-home-preserving-guide/#commentsWed, 09 Feb 2011 02:17:33 +0000http://www.farmcurious.com/?p=1732more]]>PRESERVING IS BACK, AND IT’S BETTER THAN EVER. Flavors are brighter, batch sizes are more flexible, and modern methods make the process safer and easier. Eating locally is on everybodys mind, and nothing is more local than Heirloom Salsa made from vine-fresh tomatoes or a quick batch of Ice-Box Berry Jam saved from the seasons last berries. Even beginners who never made peach jam or dill pickles in their grandmothers kitchens are eager to pick up preserving skills as a way to save money, extend the local harvest, and control the quality of preserved ingredients.

The step-by-step instructions in Put ‘em Up will have the most timid beginners filling their pantries and freezers with the preserved goodness of summer in no time. An extensive Techniques section includes complete how-to for every kind of preserving: refrigerating and freezing, air- and oven-drying, cold- and hot-pack canning, and pickling. And with recipe yields as small as a few pints or as large as several gallons, readers can easily choose recipes that work for the amount of produce and time at hand.

The best versions of tried-and-true favorites are all here too. Bushels of fresh-picked apples are easily turned into applesauce, dried fruit rings, jelly, butter, or even brandy. Falling-off-the-vine tomatoes can be frozen whole, oven dried, canned, or made into a tangy marinara. Options for pickling cucumbers range from Bread and Butter Chips and Dill Spears to Asian Ice-Box Pickles. Something delicious for every pantry!